Posted by Elizabeth on May 22, 2000, at 3:29:44
In reply to Re: ECT, bob, posted by Adam on May 17, 2000, at 23:07:19
> I hope they are correct. My memory difficulties are not my imagination,
> though. I've recently self-administerd some tests that would indicate
> some deficits, based on a high IQ combined with some specific difficulties
> with verbal and numerical memory. These deficits, however, have also been
> identified in persons with OCD, and it has been hypothesised that we OCD
> sufferers are a bit "constipated" when it comes to some mental tasks,
> essentially because we ruminate too much on the particulars, and thus
> score poorly on certain tests with time limits.Yeah, I doubt that can be attributed to ECT. I have the same sort of problems (I think you and I have even discussed this, though it could have been someone else), and I've never had ECT.
> I suppose it could even be that nearly a year of intense,
> sometimes mind-numbing depression terminating in a period of quivering
> frenzy did its own damage.Don't scoff so readily at this possibility! I've wondered about that myself.
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